Moth-proof bag



(No Model.)

' F. O. PAIGE.

MOTH PROOF BAG.

No. 473,337. 7 Patented Apr.- 19, 1892.

P TENT FFICE.

FREDERICK O. PAIGE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

MOTH-PROOF BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,337, dated April 19, 1892.

' Application filed January 14, 1892. Serial No. 418,074. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK O. PAIGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of IVayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Moth-Proof Bags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that type of mothproof bags wherein the two edges of the bag- IllOllllh are folded in the same direction round a suitable filler, and a longitudinally-slotted tube is engaged with the folded portion to retain the same in position, and thereby secure a practically air-tight closure of the bag for the purpose of excluding moths and otherinsects, as claimed in my Letters Patent No. 468,257, granted to me February 2, 1892.

The objects of my present invention are to improve the prior construction of devices for closing the mouth of a bag, to provide a filler which is attached to a part of the bag, so that it is always in proper position for turning or folding the edges of the bag thereupon, and to provide a novel filler which fulfills the conditions required to firmly and substantially sustain or support the hooks or other suspension devices used for hanging clothes within the bag.

To accomplish all these objects my invention involves the features of construction and the combination or arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings,

in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of sufficient of a bag to illustrate my invention, the bagmouth being open to exhibit the filler-rod and suspension devices. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the several parts in position to close the mouth of the bag, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line to m, Fig. 2.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe the same in detail, referring to the drawings, wherein- The numeral 1 indicates a bag composed of paper or any other material suitable for the conditions required to produce a moth-proof receptacle for clothing or any article which is to be protected against the ravages of moths and other insects. The ba -mouth is provided in juxtaposition to one edge with a filler-rod 2, preferably composed of wire circular in cross-section, which filler-rod is laced through the material comprising one side of the bagmouth.

To strengthen and render the bag more durable, and thereby render it suitable to receive the filler-rod, I provide the internal surface of the bag-mouth with a reinforcing-strip 3 of textile material or any other fabric which will impart strength to and reinforce the side of the bag-mouth to which such strip is attached. The reinforcing-strip is preferably applied through the medium of a suitable adhesive substance for cementing it to the inside of the bag-mouth.

By lacing the wire filler-rod through the material of the bag-mouth certain portions of the filler-rod, as at 4:, are exposed inside the bag, and from these exposed portions I suspend fiexible straps 5 of textile or other material, to the lower extremities of which are attached any desired construction of hook or other suspension device for the purpose of suspending articles of clothing within the bag. The flexible straps are preferably composed of a single strip of fabric looped round the filler-rod and connected at their extremities by an ordinarysafety-pinsuitably constructed or fashioned into a hook for suspending the articles.

The filler-rod laced through the bag-mouth in the manner described and shown becomes an attached part of the bag, and consequently is always in proper position for folding or turning both edges of the bag-mouth on such filler-rod, as represented in Fig. 3, so that the longitudinally slotted tube 6 can be slid lengthwise over the folded or turned portion of the bag, and thereby close the same practically air-tight. The construction is such that the bag can be suspended through the medium of a ring 7 or similar device secured to thelongitudinally-slotted tube; but I do not confine myself to this particular means for suspending the bag.

The longitudinally-slotted tube is approximately cylindrical in cross-section and the width of the slot is less than the thickness of the edges of the bag-mouth when folded on the filler-rod, so that the slotted tube serves to hold the bag-mouth in its closed condition and at the same time is rendered susceptible rod laced through one side of the bag-mouth and a slotted tube for engaging and retaining the bag-mouth in position when folded on the filler-rod, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a bag having a reinforced mouth, of a filler-rod laced through the reinforced portion of the bag-mouth and a slotted tube for engaging and retaining the bag-mouth in position when folded on the filler-rod, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with abag having a rcinforcing strip secured to its mouth portion, of a filler-rod engaged with the reinforced portion of the bag-mouth and a slotted tube for retaining the bag-mouth in position ,when folded on the filler-rod, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a bag, of a fillerrod engaged with the bag-mouth, suspension devices carried by the filler-rod, and means for retaining the bag-mouth in position when folded on the filler-rod, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with a bag, of a fillerrod engaged with the bag-mouth, suspension devices carried by the filler-rod,and a slotted tube for retaining the bag-mouth in position when folded on the filler-rod, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with a bag, of a fillerrod engaged with the bag-mouth, flexible straps carried by the filler-rod and provided with suspension devices, and means for retaining the bag-mouth in position when folded on the filler-rod, substantially as described.

8. The combination, with a bag, of a fillerrod engaged with the bag-mouth, flexible straps carried by the filler-rod and provided with suspension devices, and a slotted tube for retaining the bag-mouth in position when folded on the filler-rod, substantially as described.

9. The combination, with a bag, of a fillerrod laced through one side of the bag-mouth, suspension devices carried by the filler-rod inside the bag, and a slotted tube for closing the bag-mouth, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and aflixed my seal in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT II. Nonnrs, JAMES A. RUTHERFORD. 

